A Junk Decision on Warrantless DNA Collection
Hanni Fakhoury & Jennifer Lynch EFF You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police…
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Supreme Court approves warrantless DNA sampling, likens it to fingerprinting and photographing
Madison Ruppert Activist Post Law enforcement can now force suspects arrested for serious crimes to give samples of their DNA without a warrant, the Supreme…
Creating a Surveillance and DNA Database for Every American . . . From the Cradle to the Grave
image source Brandon Turbeville Activist Post Coming in combination with such recent announcements as the open desire of agencies like DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects…
DNA tests may be forced on misdemeanor offenders in Colorado
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Rapid DNA: Coming Soon to a Police Department or Immigration Office Near You
Jennifer Lynch EFF In the amount of time it takes to get lunch, the government can now collect your DNA and extract a profile that…
Supreme Court to Rule on Police Access to DNA Samples For “Crime-Fighting Databases”
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post As the US Supreme Court meets privately over the next few days, it seems that all of the pieces of the…
Eugenicists Use DNA and Genetic Research to Push Depopulation Agenda
Susanne Posel, Contributor Activist Post DeCODE Genetics (DCG) has published a study that states Icelandic fathers who are in their 40s pass down more genetic mutations…
Top DNA Researcher Says Patenting Human Genes is “Lunacy”
Brandon Turbeville Activist Post From the very beginning of genetic research and modification, it was obvious that it would only be a matter of time…
Neurogeneticists Use Personality Genes to Further Eugenics Agenda
Susanne Posel, Contributor Activist Post Researchers are on the hunt for the personality gene. They hope it will lead them to screen tests that can…
DNA Goes Digital with New Biometric Tracking App
image credit: Digital DNA from Applied DNA Sciences Brandon Turbeville Activist Post If you needed one more example of how DNA will soon cease to…
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do
Jennifer Lynch EFF Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show…
Forced Warrantless DNA Collection Violates Fourth Amendment
Warrantless Biometrics Wiki illustration Hanni Fakhoury EFF Over the last few years, we’ve been battling laws that require a person arrested to give a DNA…
Collecting DNA From Arrestees Is Unconstitutional, California Court Says
image: Wired David Kravets Wired A California appeals court is striking down a voter-approved measure requiring every adult arrested on a felony charge to submit…
Researchers build DNA neural network that thinks
The neural net of four artificial neurons and 112 DNA strands – Credit: Caltech Tim Hornyak CNET Researchers at the California Institute of Technology say…